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		<title>Quality Large-Cap Retail is Best Portfolio Stocking Stuffer</title>
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Christmas is coming, and that means two sets of flurries are on the horizon – snow and retail news. Now that the aftershocks of the 2008 financial collapse have had time to set in, this year will be a test to see how resilient consumers are in spending for the holidays. Retailers, for their part, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Get a Job You Love Right After College</title>
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I have not posted in a long time, having been busy interviewing for post-graduation jobs, but I just received an email from Forbes asking a question that was eerily relevant to the situation many of my peers find themselves in – it read, 

“Recently, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a jump in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://collegeanalysts.com/2009/11/12/how-to-get-a-job-you-love-right-after-college/</link>
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		<title>Gold Consolidates as Dollar Puts in Short-Term Bottom</title>
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Sulaman Chaudhry and Andy Cole send: Last week was very interesting for a number of reasons, the main one being that many of our trendlines remain intact: 

The S&#038;P 500 has been forming a rising wedge over the past six months now, and is eventually going to be forced to breakout to the upside or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://collegeanalysts.com/2009/09/27/gold-consolidates-as-dollar-puts-in-short-term-bottom/</link>
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		<title>Rail Industry Overview: Regionals and Eastern Majors</title>
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After Buffett’s investments in a handful of major railroads – Union Pacific (UNP), Norfolk Southern (NSC), and most notably Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNI) – the industry garnered plenty of attention. The attractive industry dynamics and a myopic focus on the major players makes me interested in the small number of publicly traded regional railroads [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://collegeanalysts.com/2009/09/25/rail-industry-overview-regionals-and-eastern-majors/</link>
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		<title>S&#038;P Treads Higher, Dollar Volume Surges, Gold Consolidates</title>
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Sulaman Chaudhry and Andy Cole send: Hope you all had a great weekend. Let’s look at a few charts:

The S&#038;P looks to be forming a rising wedge of sorts. A break to the downside would definitely be bearish, but until that happens, which it most likely will, the trend is up and continues to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://collegeanalysts.com/2009/09/21/sp-treads-higher-dollar-volume-surges-gold-consolidates/</link>
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		<title>Playing for Time, Mortgage Rates Edition</title>
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In a note to file under the &#8220;Playing for Time&#8221; theme, the Curious Capitalist notes:

First American CoreLogic has taken a look at the effect of the government&#8217;s efforts to drive down mortgage interest rates, which, among other things, makes for easier refinancing. According to the loan analytics company, in the first half of 2009, refinancing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://collegeanalysts.com/2009/09/18/playing-for-time-mortgage-rates-edition/</link>
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		<title>Markets Remain Channel Bound</title>
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Sulaman Chaudhry and Andy Cole send: Let’s watch this to see where it breaks out. We did make new monthly highs Thursday across the board. Keep in mind, however that it was on very light volume.

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		<link>http://collegeanalysts.com/2009/09/14/markets-remain-channel-bound/</link>
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		<title>Back to Holdin&#8217; What&#8217;s Golden</title>
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Sulaman Chaudhry and Andy Cole send: Well after a somewhat extended and very much needed summer break, we getting down to business again. As you have probably noticed, we’ve seen some volume come back into an otherwise dry market, and we are beggining to see some very defined trends starting to form. Let’s take a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://collegeanalysts.com/2009/09/07/back-to-holdin-whats-golden/</link>
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		<title>Sitting in Cash Because Markets Can Go Down Too</title>
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I haven’t said much about what I’ve been doing personally here of late. In sum, the general theme is that I’ve been scaling out of positions the entire summer, and am now 100% cash. Had I not sold anything, I would be up more on the year than I am at present – but that’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://collegeanalysts.com/2009/09/02/sitting-in-cash-because-markets-can-go-down-too/</link>
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		<title>Advanced Economics and History Book Reviews</title>
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Mike Price sends: In the second part of the books series, I&#8217;ll go over my favorite history and intermediate economics books. 
To find the first part, which focused on beginner economics and investing books go here.
Intermediate Economics Books
An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought (2 Vol. Set)
Murray Rothbard was the dean of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://collegeanalysts.com/2009/08/31/advanced-economics-and-history-book-reviews/</link>
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		<title>Why is Vonage (VG) Up 500% in One Week?</title>
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Stephen Frankola sends: As I begin this, Vonage (VG) is trading at over $2.40 in the aftermarket. 
Vonage was trading below $.40 just five days ago.
The (investment) world is looking for an explanation. Barron&#8217;s tech writers have been blogging frequently over the past few days, marveling at the huge move. The Yahoo! message boards are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://collegeanalysts.com/2009/08/25/why-is-vonage-vg-up-500-in-one-week/</link>
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		<title>Externalities of the Stimulus Program</title>
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I go to school just outside Boston, and my family lives near Philadelphia, so I do a fair amount of travel between the two cities. Lately, I’ve noticed one bothersome change – the amount of traffic created by construction projects has greatly increased the length of the drive. Given the poor shape most state budgets [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://collegeanalysts.com/2009/08/24/externalities-of-the-stimulus-program/</link>
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		<title>Book Review: Full of Bull</title>
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I recently finished reading Stephen McClellan’s revised and updated book Full of Bull: Unscramble Wall Street Doubletalk to Protect and Build Your Portfolio. McClellan spent over 30 years as an analyst of technology stocks, and had a front row seat to the evolution of the modern sell-side analyst.
McClellan covers a diverse set of topics, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://collegeanalysts.com/2009/08/19/book-review-full-of-bull/</link>
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		<title>The Perils of Playing for Time</title>
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One phrase I keep coming back to is “playing for time” – I see it as a good description of the strategy (or lackthereof) underlying most of the economic policy decisions that emanate from Washington.
What areas are being targeted, and how is it being accomplished?
Real Estate
Political pressure to delay the foreclosure process
Offering tax credits for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://collegeanalysts.com/2009/08/17/the-perils-of-playing-for-time/</link>
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		<title>Special Situation Investing, Part II</title>
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Mike Price sends: This is part two of the series on special situation investing. View part one here. The special situations written about here will be:
Closed-End Fund Arbitrage
Activist &#8216;piggy backing&#8217;
Deep, Deep Value
LEAPS
Closed-End Fund Arbitrage
Closed-end funds are mutual funds that have a limited amount of shares and trade on a public exchange (NYSE, NASDAQ) like stocks. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://collegeanalysts.com/2009/08/12/special-situation-investing-part-ii/</link>
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